Hosted annually by DIA’s Chief Information Officer, the DoDIIS Worldwide Conference brings together experts from government, military, industry, and academia in order to tackle the IT challenges and complexities impacting the mission user. As the largest Intelligence Community IT conference, this year’s event will feature a distinguished line-up of speakers and an extensive selection of breakout sessions to foster engagement and collaboration on the most vexing national security challenges.

The theme of this year’s conference, “Data as a Weapons System: Revolutionizing Intelligence,”underscores the importance of accelerating DIA’s transformation into a data-centric organization in order to achieve mission success in the 21st century. We need data to be discoverable by both people and machines. Data discovery must be intuitive and it must allow for rapid use and exploitation using automated processes, artificial intelligence and machine learning. Data is the future and the future will not wait for us.

That future success is not guaranteed and it is only achievable if government, military, industry and academia come together and work as one team. Year after year, the DoDIIS Worldwide Conference has provided an incomparable opportunity to do just that; forge new relationships, expand alliances, and enhance partnerships with government and industry leaders. Join leading authorities and specialists to showcase and discuss the innovative technologies that will enable our digital transformation. The overwhelming success of last year’s conference has laid the foundation for an even more rewarding experience in 2018!